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Design a URL Shortener (TinyURL)
Design a system that generates a short, unique alias for a long URL and redirects users to the original URL when accessed.
Design a Notification System
Design a scalable service to send real-time alerts, emails, push notifications, and SMS messages to users.
Design an API Rate Limiter
Design a highly available and distributed rate limiting system to protect downstream services from excessive traffic.
Design WhatsApp / Chat System
Design a real-time instant messaging service supporting one-on-one and group messaging, file transfer, and active/idle presence status.
Design a Web Crawler
Design a distributed system that crawls the web, parses HTML pages, and stores extracted content for a search engine index.
Design Netflix (Video Streaming)
Design a video streaming platform that supports low-latency, adaptive video playback for millions of concurrent users.
Design Uber (Ride-Sharing)
Design a system to track real-time driver locations, match riders with nearby drivers, and compute dynamic route ETAs.
Design a Distributed Cache
Design a high-performance, distributed key-value storage system like Redis or Memcached with replication and partition tolerance.